Regain Element is a two-story brewpub looking to coax Wudaoying's foot traffic in for a relaxing pint inbetween bouts of boutique shopping.
The venue is neat and carefully designed; there are about six leather stools on the first floor sat around the clean-cut wooden bar, as well as three fermenting tanks looming behind the bar. Nine taps distribute pints costing between RMB 35-60. During our initial visit they only stocked one of their own beers on tap – Midnight IPA – a good all-around beer and not overly hoppy.
The rest were guest beers that should satisfy the pallates of all beer lovers: Hefeweizen and Vanilla Coffee Stout from NBeer, Monkey’s Fist IPA from Slow Boat, Ghost IPA from Harvest for the local craft beer lovers; Goose Island's Honkers, Boulevard's Tank 7, Rogue's Double Chocolate Stout for the imported beer drinkers; and Liefmans Fruitesse for something, well, fruitier.
Simple food is also provided, the menu composed of two salads, two soups (RMB 40-60), burgers, sausages (RMB 65), and french fries (RMB 40). If you’d like to go large, they also offer racks of barbecued ribs (RMB 80/155/295).
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